Deviant Dale’s IPA

Deviant Dale’s IPA

The beer: Oskar Blues Brewery are one of my favourite breweries in the world and this IPA is one of my favourite IPAs ever, which is a big deal when you consider that pretty much every brewery makes their own version. My Untappd App informs me that I have had 123 different types of IPAs (as of 3rd February 2015), so my palette is well versed in this style of beer.

Deviant Dale’s gives a huge powerful hop hit upfront with complex orange citrusy flavours, piney and resiny notes followed by a bitter punch line (it has 85 IBUs). This last all the way to the after-taste where the mixture of hops linger in your mouth, urging you take another big sip.

It has an almost creamy but still boozy mouthfeel and the 8% ABV only further pulsates the liveliness of this beer.

The aroma is also fantastic giving you a good indication that this was dry hopped extensively!

The little extra: Deviant Dale’s is hopped 4 times during it’s brewing process and then dry hopped further with Columbus hops – no wonder this is a hop sensation!